Over the years of writing my blog I have discovered and
promoted women conductors. It has been a
joy learning about these women, their education, the path they took to get
where they are, which orchestras and opera companies they have conducted and more. Each time I find a new woman conductor I want
to write about her and share her on my blog.
Words are my way of promoting these wonderful musicians.
Ruth Reinhardt has been appointed Music Director of the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra. She is the fifth music director in this orchestra’s 80 year history and the first woman conductor to hold the position!
Studying violin and composition in Zurich, she furthered
her conducting studies at Juilliard under the tutelage of Alan Gilbert and
James Ross. For two seasons she was assistant
conductor with the Dallas Symphony and a Dudamel Fellow with the Los Angeles
Philharmonic.
Maestra Reinhardt has conducted the New York Philharmonic,
Cleveland Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony. Stockholm Philharmonic, Frankfurt
Radio Symphony, Seoul Philharmonic and many more!
Her inaugural concert with the Rhode Island Philharmonic is Friday, September 19th when she conducts Gershwin’s “Cuban Overture,”
Billy Childs “Diaspora: Concerto for Saxophone” featuring Steven Banks, and
ending the concert with Brahms, “Symphony No. 4.”
Congratulations to Maestra Ruth Reinhardt and wishing her many years of
wonderful music experiences with the Rhode Island Philharmonic.
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